Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · IELTS General Essentials · 2026-10-04

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

A family member is coming to stay with you. He/she will be arriving by train in the morning, but you won’t be home until the evening.

• explain arrangements you have made for them to have keys and get into the house

• tell your relative how to get from the train station to your house

• say when you will be home and suggest what you could do together that evening

Student answer (Band 6.0)

Dear Nono,

I hope yiu are doing great.

I want to let you know that i dropped my house key with my neighbour who lives in the same building with my own apartment. Her name is Esther. She is living uptairs by the right adjacent to my own door immediately you come upatsirs. Her own door is black in colour with mosquitoe net and burglary proof. There is a blue foot mat in front of her outside door. tjere is also a ringing bell installed by the side of the door. When you get there , ring the bell to signal her that someone is on her door. Explain yourself to her. I have already told her that you were on your way though. She will give you my key to hve access to my house..

For you to get to my place from the train station, just enter a uber that would bring you to No 17, Ejiaku street Owerri. The gate is painted green. Enter inside and look for my neighbour named Esther as i directed to to collect my room key. Please, feel at home . When i come back from work , we will go out to eat and watch cinema this evening.

Yours lovely,

Uche

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

The response successfully addresses all three parts of the prompt, covering the key arrangements, directions, and evening plans. However, some aspects are developed more fully than others. While the explanation regarding how to collect the keys from the neighbour is elaborated in great detail with specific descriptions of the door and mat, the directions from the train station are somewhat limited, merely suggesting an Uber and providing an address without contextual guidance about the route. Furthermore, the plan for the evening is stated briefly. The tone is appropriately informal and friendly for a relative, maintaining the correct register throughout.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The letter demonstrates a coherent overall arrangement with a clear chronological progression from arrival and key collection to evening activities. Ideas are generally grouped logically, and paragraphing is attempted to separate the key collection from the station directions. However, cohesion is sometimes mechanical or slightly faulty, particularly with referencing and transitions between sentences, such as the abrupt shift when moving from the neighbour's description to the transport instructions. Additionally, some referencing elements like 'as i directed to' lack complete clarity. To reach a higher band, the use of cohesive devices would need to be smoother and more sophisticated throughout the letter.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

The writer uses an adequate range of vocabulary for the task, successfully communicating everyday concepts and instructions. There are several attempts to use less common vocabulary and descriptive phrases, such as 'burglar proof' and 'adjacent', but these are accompanied by noticeable spelling and word choice errors, including 'yiu', 'uptairs', 'mosquitoe', and 'hve'. Furthermore, 'dropped' is used colloquially in place of 'left', and there are mechanical slips like 'tjere'. These errors do not seriously impede communication, but they reflect a limited and developing control over lexical precision and spelling accuracy at this level.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The writer demonstrates a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, incorporating relative clauses and conditional structures such as 'immediately you come upatsirs' and 'When i come back from work'. However, there are frequent errors in grammar and punctuation, particularly with capitalization of the pronoun 'i', lowercase letters at the start of sentences, and missing prepositions or awkward structural patterns like 'directed to to collect'. Punctuation is also inconsistent. While these errors rarely completely impede understanding, they occur with enough frequency to prevent the text from achieving a higher level of structural accuracy.

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